Ty-Button Tie, Inc. v. Kincel and Co., Ltd.

¶ 1 Appellant Ty-Button Tie, Inc. appeals from the judgment entered on January 2, 2002, in the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County, following the trial court’s denial of Appellant’s Post-Trial Motion for Judgment Non Obstante Verdicto or for a New Trial. Upon review, we affirm the judgment.

¶ 2 The facts and procedural history of this case are as follows: Mr. Vincent Pileg-gi, a landscaper by trade, and his wife, a seamstress, designed a tie that would stay affixed to the wearer’s shirt, entitled the “Ty-Button” tie. Mr. Pileggi took his design to a patent attorney, who submitted the design…